If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.

Your gifts lie in the place where your values, passions and strengths meet. Discovering that place is the first step toward sculpting your masterpiece, Your Life.

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.

To know each other is the best way to understand each other. To understand each other is the only way to love each other.

I created a vision of David in my mind and simply carved away everything that was not David.

Do not fret, for God did not create us to abandon us.

Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.

Perfection is no small thing, but it is made up of small things.

The way he looked at her made her heart beat fast. "I like you, Natalie." She could not let that mean anything to her. "That's natural. I'm likable.

Long has been this road called life. Every time you venture out in this road, remember. Home is within. Home is in you.

Happiness does not come from having much, but from being content, even when you have little.

It is easy to love one's enemy when one is making fine speeches; but so difficult to do so in the actual everyday work of life.

A man that has a taste of music, painting, or architecture, is like one that has another sense, when compared with such as have no relish of those arts

Baby, high school's over. High school's never over.

If you're a hater we make you scared to show your face. It's called success.

I've written songs for Shirley Bassey, Marianne Faithfull, and Linda Thompson. I sort of focus on these wonderful, aging divas. But maybe that's because I think I'm Christina Aguilera.

The England team must always be respected. They always fight to the end.